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For example, Vonage Holdings Corp. CEO Jeffrey Citron told Light Reading his company will spend "tens of millions," and untold man-hours to access the wireline emergency systems (controlled by the ILECs in most cases) needed to provide E911. In fact, most U.S. VOIP
providers are now working to establish such connections VoIP Main Page
before the November 28 FCC deadline (see Level 3 Expands E911 VOIP, Vonage to Buy E911 Service From RBOCs, RBOCs Change Tone on VOIP E911, and Global Crossing Announces VOIP Service VoIP Main Page
). So implementing automatic location discovery using GPS is an option for most VOIP companies today. We haven't announced a solution
on the nomadic users as yet, says AT&T Corp. VoIP Main Page
(NYSE: T - message board) spokesman Gary Morgenstern. We are trying out different things in the lab right now, but that will be a later announcement. That [GPS] is certainly one way VoIP Main Page
to skin the cat, Morgenstern says. But the VOIP community may be forced to act sooner than later on the issue. The FCC VoIP Main Page
is already testing the waters for eventually requiring automatic address collection. Chairman Kevin Martin has said VOIP should
have all the E911 capability of wireline phone service.
For example, Vonage Holdings Corp. CEO Jeffrey Citron told Light Reading his company will spend "tens of millions," and untold man-hours to access the wireline emergency systems (controlled by the ILECs in most cases) needed to provide E911. In fact, most U.S. VOIP
providers are now working to establish such connections VoIP Main Page
before the November 28 FCC deadline (see Level 3 Expands E911 VOIP, Vonage to Buy E911 Service From RBOCs, RBOCs Change Tone on VOIP E911, and Global Crossing Announces VOIP Service VoIP Main Page
). So implementing automatic location discovery using GPS is an option for most VOIP companies today. We haven't announced a solution
on the nomadic users as yet, says AT&T Corp. VoIP Main Page
(NYSE: T - message board) spokesman Gary Morgenstern. We are trying out different things in the lab right now, but that will be a later announcement. That [GPS] is certainly one way VoIP Main Page
to skin the cat, Morgenstern says. But the VOIP community may be forced to act sooner than later on the issue. The FCC VoIP Main Page
is already testing the waters for eventually requiring automatic address collection. Chairman Kevin Martin has said VOIP should
have all the E911 capability of wireline phone service.
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